The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-11-19
AT WAYNE JUNCTION.
How Two Women and Two Men Amused
Themselves at . Dreary Station.


Themselves at . Dreary Station.
The four of us were put off at Wayne |
Junction the other day to wait for the |
train on the Flint and Pere Marquette |
road-two women and two men. None |
Of us were acquainted, and we had an
hour and a half to wait at railroad |
crossing There was dreary-looking
waiting room. 12xl2, and there was a
platform sixty feet long by eight broad
The scenery consisted Of
One water tank.
Ten freight cars.
Two fields.
Five telegraph poles
One pile OF lumber.
As the train left us saw the two
women closely surveying each other
from hat to shoes Each seemed to re-
gard the other with suspicion and dis
trust They entered the waiting-room
and sat down, getting as far from each
other as possible The one dressed in
brown seemed to be saying to herself:
"Good lands! but what taste that
woman hasl Who ever saw any one
mix such colors together beforeP II
she is going to the lunatic asylum she
should have an attendant along. Such
persons are dangerous"
And the one dressed in blue seemed
to be saying to herself:
Have got to wait here for an hour
and q half in the company Of that
thingp Such hat! Such cloak!
What big feeti She must be some one
going out to work In creamery, and
doubt If she knows what county she
is in"
Ny friend, the man, was a fat. mild
eyed specimen Of the human race. We
stood for a moment and looked at each
other. might have said to myself:
SWELL, if haven't just run across a
bank-sneak and highway robber then l
don't know a grindstone when see i'll!
Wonder when he got out OF PRISON.
Seems to have an innocent look, but
that is all put on. No doubt he got
off the train thinking to rob me
of my four dollars and return ticket to
Detroit, but I've spotted his little game
and will be prepared for any move"
And he might have mused:
"Oh-ho! So here is Billy the Kid
the chap who is supposed to have had a
hand in abducting Charlie Ross! Prob
ably out on another child-stealing ex-
petition, but I'm on to his game and
will spoil it. Myl but hasn't he got a
hardened look! That fellow would teal
an innocent babe from dying mother
arms and dash its brains out against
the family churn without one ray Of
pity"
But neither Of us thought any such
thing. Even before the women go
seated we threw our grips down TO
gether and he said:
..Old boy, do you smoker"
Eyes, thanks"
well, here's something can recon
mend. Which way are you goingP"
ITO Toledo"
"Good! I'm going there myself
Live in Detroitp"
"Yes. Do your"
Eyes, your phiz looks familiar t
me-"
"And l know I have often seen you
Let's walk up and down"
And while those women sat twelv
feet apart. each one with her veil dow
and her body huddled up in an exclu
sive sort Of a way, we walked arm i
arm up and down and joked and toll
stories and said we were glad we me
each other. Forty minutes had passe
away when one Of the women becam
FESTIVE. 1t struck her that the trai
had come and departed while she wa
in reverie. 1t was an awful thing
do. She might be addressing mul
deress for all she knew, and she wa
quite certain that the other woma
had at least run away from two hu.
bands, but she finally got up courag
enough to ask,
"Have you the timep"'
The other gave start of surprise
Did she hear arightp 1t might be tbs
she was being addressed by the coo
; Of the scow Mary Ann, but after takin
five minutes to think 1t all over. sh
: replied:
mo. Have youp'
And then both shrank away frol
each other again. and turned up the
noses under their wells, and were SORT
that they let down on their dignit,
Meanwhile the stranger called me sol
: boy" and borrowed some fine-cut, m
: poked me in the ribs; and called hi
''old fellow" and slapped him on IL
back, and borrowed every match
had. When the train came along "
got into the same car and into Il
:, same seat. The women came out
give each other look Of disdain ar
onter separate coaches, and as eat
: one found seat she no doubt said
herself:
; "Well, just catch me in such scral
3 again if you can! l never passed sue
L an hour and half in my whole lif
The railroad company ought to
} sued for letting Storage passenge
. into the first-class ladies' waitin
. roomr'-M Quad. in Detroit FIR
3 Press.
l. A Bachelors Advice.
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